Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

at the Fiscal Agency of the State OF Kansas in the
| CITY of New York; such bonds to be duly issued
set uGh h and delivery soeE IN aid
railway company as by law provided The eondi,
tions upon which said subscription 10 the capital
| stock OF said company is made, are:
That said Midland Western Railway company
inc ali necessary sde-tracs and switches into and
through said county and have cars inning thereon
| from some point the Kansas Midland railway, on
or before December 81 1888, delays by act of God,
| and orders of court judge thereof excepted)
With suitable depots for freight and passengers at
Ellinwood Kansas within one half mile of the bus
iness center, and at Great Bend. Kansas within the
limits of sections twenty-eight (2S) and thirty-three
(33) in township nineteen (19), OF range thirteen
I3l, north of the Arkansas river. Said bonds TO be
issued when the road is constructed and in opera
| ton TO the west or north line of said county.
| And pray that said board of county commits
sioners upon presentation of this petition duly con-
| vene and make order, which order shall embrace
the terms and conditions of this petition. and such
other conditions said board may deem advisable
| ton. which We pray may be held, as by law pro-
vided, under Chapter lO7' Laws OF Kansas 1876,
such subscription shall be made
And the form of ballot to be used at such special
| election for and against said proposition sub
Initted, shall be as follows:
| Each qualified voter voting for said proposition
shall nave printed or written on ms Dailot, for
subscription to the capital stock of the Midland &
| Western Railway company"
| Each qualified voter voting against said PROPOSE
| ton shall have printed or written on his ballot
against subscription to the capital stock of the
Midland x Western Railway company"
| And whereas said board OF county commissioners,
| having carefully inspected and examined said petit
| ton and the signatures thereto, and having re-
ceved evidence TO the genuneness OF said sigma
lures, and also evidence that said petitioners
stitute and comprise twOffths 25) of the resident
| PAYERS of said county, said board do find and
adjudge that said petition is in due and legal FORM
and is duly and legally signed by twohfths of the
prayer of said petition should be granted and said
board find that the conditions in said petition are
sufficient and ample for the protection OF said COun-
1t is, therefore, by said board of county commits
sioners, in pursuance said petition Tor special
such cases made and provided, considered, ordered
and adjudged that the prayer of said petition be
granted, and that a special election be, and the
is hereby ordered and called be held in said
| county and state to vote ON the question of said
said The Midland 4 Western Railway company and
issue bonds OF said county in said sum in payment
| therefor.
And it is hereby ordered that such special election
shall be held the 23rd day of August A. D. 1887,
at the usual voting precincts in said county, said
designated places being the established voting pre-
cincts in said county At said election the PROPOSE
tion hereinbefore set out in said petition shall be
| su omitted to the qualified voters OF said county.
And ii is ordered that the ballots to be used in said
| election be in form as follows, tO-wit
Each qualified voter voting for said proposition
| shall have printed written on his ballot, "Eor
subscription TO the capital stock of the Midland
| Western Railway company"
Each qualified voter voting against said PROPOSE
ton shall have printed or written on his ballot,
subscription to the capital stock OF the Mid
| And 1t is further ordered that if majority of
the qualified voters voting at said election vote and
cast their ballots in favor of said subscription to the
| capital stock of said railway company and issue
| bonds of said county in the sum of one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars ($125, O00) there
| for. Then the county clerk OF said county shall
forthwith for and on behalf of said county and in
the name OF sald county, make such subscription TO
the capital stock Of said company in sum OF 81 5000
And it is further ordered that in the event that said
! railway company comply with the terms of said
subscription as set out i'll said petition and duly de-
| liver stock in said company to the amount of
S125 600 to the proper officer. Then the chairman
OF the board OF county commissioners and the said
county clerk OF said county shall duly issue (sign,
execute and DELIVERY to said company bonds of said
| county in of 500 each; aggregating $125 900,
bearing six per cent interest, payable semi-annu-
ally and all set out in said petition hereinbefore.
| Said bonds TO be signed by the chairman OF the
board of county commissioners and attested by the
| county clerk under the seal of said county. And
it is ordered that the sheriff of said County of Bar
| ton and State of Kansas duly make and publish his
| PROCLAMATION
for the holding of such special election in said
county at said date and place designated, and that
said sheriff give due and legal notice of said election
for 80 days. by law provided, and in said procla-
nation give the substance of this order; said notice
| to be published in the Barton County DEMoCRAT, a
| weekly newspaper printed and published III said
county ana IN general eirculaIloh IN sai9 county.
And said therif is further ordered and directed TO
post notices, as by law required, and to do and per-
form all other acts, as by law provided in the mat,
election be held, the returns made, and the result
ascertained and declared in the same manner as by
law provided for general elections. And it is Or
dered that the coanty clerk duly enter this order
| the journal of this Board.
Done at the City of Great Bend, Barton county,
| Kansas, this 3Oth day of June, A. d. 1887, at 2
| o'clock p. M. of said day.
| w. w. CARNEY, Chairman.
/ HENRY SCHWIER, Commis'r.
CHAS. a. WILKINS, COmmis'r. q
| Attest: ED l.. TEED,
| County Clerk of Barton county, Kan.
Therefore, 1, ]. S. Dalziel, Sheriff of Barton
| county, Kansas, by virtue of authority in ME by
law vested and in pursuance to the above order OF
said Board do hereby give public proclamation and
due notice that special election shall be held in
said county, at the places above designated, on
the
23rd day of August, A. d. 1887,
| to determine whether said county shall make such
subscription and issue said bonds on the conditions
set out in said petition.
Such election shall in all respects be conducted
the returns made, result ascertained and declared,
| all as provided by law, for general elections.
In witness whereof, j. 5. Dalziel, Sheriff of Bar
| ton county, Kansas, have hereunto set my hand at
the City of Great Bend, this 30th day of June 1887
J. S. DALZIEL,
Sheriff of Barton county, Kan.
Attest: ED L. TEED,
County Clerk.
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